contribute

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English

Etymology

PIE word
*tréyes

From Latin contribūtus, perfect passive participle of contribuō (“I bring together; I unite”), from con- (“together”) +‎ tribuō (“I bestow”), from tribus (“tribe”), derived from trēs (“three”), from Proto-Italic *trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

Pronunciation

Verb

contribute (third-person singular simple present contributes, present participle contributing, simple past and past participle contributed)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To give something that is or becomes part of a larger whole.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:contribute
    to contribute money to a church fund
    to contribute articles to a journal
    • 1849, William Scott, Francis Garden, James Bowling Mozley, The Christian Remembrancer, volume 17, page 217:
      That principle carried out consistently and logically, makes the individual not a claimant upon society, but a benefiter of it. He contributes whatever talent, natural or acquired, he may have, cheerfully to the promotion of the common good, […]
    • 2007 April 29, Pat Borzi, “Normalcy Returns: Rivera Gets First Save”, in The New York Times‎:
      Rivera retired the next three batters in order, with third baseman Alex Rodriguez contributing a nifty barehand pickup and throw on Julio Lugo’s roller.
    • 2013 May-June, Katie L. Burke, “In the News”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 193:
      Bats host many high-profile viruses that can infect humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome and Ebola. A recent study explored the ecological variables that may contribute to bats’ propensity to harbor such zoonotic diseases by comparing them with another order of common reservoir hosts: rodents.
    • 2013, Eric Benjamin Seufert, Freemium Economics: Leveraging Analytics and User Segmentation to Drive Revenue, Elsevier, →ISBN, page 94:
      Lifetime ARPU, or the average revenue contributed per user over the lifetime of a product, can provide some insight into the habits of a large group of users within the product.

Derived terms

Translations

Latin

Participle

contribūte

  1. vocative masculine singular of contribūtus
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